Do not lounge in the cities! There is room & health in the country, away from the crowds of idlers & imbeciles. Go west, before you are fitted for no life but that of the factory.
Horace GreeleyFame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
Horace GreeleyWhere Labor stands idle ... there is a demonstrated deficiency, not of Capital, but of brains.
Horace GreeleyWashington is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the morals are deplorable. Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country.
Horace Greeley